Brand: Severin

Features:

• In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy, paralyzed surgeon husband.

Format: 4k

Release Date: 24-02-2026

Details: In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy, paralyzed surgeon husband. THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE WITH 4 HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES Direct from its triumphant 2025 premiere at the Venice International Film Festival comes "Riccardo Freda's masterpiece" (At the Mansion of Madness) featuring a stunning performance by "the greatest femme fatale of EuroShock cinema" (Through the Shattered Lens) Barbara Steele, now in UHD for the first time ever: In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife (Steele) conspires with her lover to murder her wealthy paralyzed husband. But when the dead spouse's spirit returns, it will unlock a nightmare of spectral terror, sudden violence and depraved vengeance. Peter Baldwin (THE WEEKEND MURDERS) and Harriet Medin (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) co-star in the 1963 classic that re-sets the bar for Italian horror, co-written by Freda and Oreste Biancoli (BICYCLE THIEVES), newly scanned in 4K from the thought-lost original camera negative and restored by Severin Films with 4 hours of Special Features. Special Features Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness Audio Interview With Barbara Steele Audio Interview With Actress Harriet Medin And Tim Lucas, Author Of Mario Bava: All The Colors Of The Dark Barbara Steele Presents The 4K Restoration At The Venice International Film Festival And L'Étrange Festival In Paris Till Death Returns - Interview With Roberto Curti, Author Of Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957-1969 Wounds Of Deceit - Video Essay On Barbara Steele By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Author Of 1000 Women In Horror, 1895-2018 Give Up The Ghost - Video Essay By Tim Lucas Italian Trailer U.S. Trailer Bonus Materials Audio Commentary With Kat Ellinger, Author Of Daughters Of Darkness Audio Interview With Barbara Steele Audio Interview With Actress Harriet Medin And Tim Lucas, Author Of Mario Bava: All The Colors Of The Dark Barbara Steele Presents The 4K Restoration At The Venice International Film Festival And L'Étrange Festival In Paris Till Death Returns – Interview With Roberto Curti, Author Of Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1957–1969 Wounds Of Deceit – Video Essay On Barbara Steele By Dr. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Author Of 1000 Women In Horror, 1895–2018 Give Up The Ghost – Video Essay By Tim Lucas Italian Trailer U.S. Trailer Cast & Crew Actors: Barbara Steele as Margaret Hichcock Peter Baldwin as Dr. Charles Livingstone Elio Jotta as Dr. John Hichcock Harriet Medin as Catherine Wood - Housekeeper Carol Bennet as Woman Carlo Kechler as Police Superintendent Umberto Raho as Canon Owens Reginald Price Anderson as Albert Fisher Director: Riccardo Freda Producer: Luigi Carpentieri Producer: Ermanno Donati

In 1963, Riccardo Freda directed one of Italy's landmark horror thrillers: In turn-of-the-century Scotland, a young wife (Barbara Steele) conspires with her lover (Peter Baldwin) to murder her wealthy, paralyzed surgeon husband. But when the dead spouse's spirit returns to haunt the couple, it will unleash a nightmare of spectral terror, sudden violence and depraved vengeance.

UPC: 760137204060

EAN: 0760137204060

Languages: English

Binding: blu_ray

Item Condition: New